June 09, 1849

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Features

Pennsylvania and Ohio Railroad Company

Acrostic

Feather Bucket Water Wheel

A Southern Factory

New England Accumulations

Hudson River Railroad

The Ballston Railroad Disaster

Meteoric Iron in South Carolina

Largest Steamboat in the World

Expences of California Emigration

Population of the World

Meals on the North River Boats

Ericsson's Condensing and Distilling Apparatus

The Mining Population of England

Arrival of Mr. Alexander Bain

The Magnetic Telegraph

The Crops in Ohio

The Ancient Britons

Alabama Iron

Treatment of the Cholera

The Value of Cold Water

The Cotton Crop

Boiling Potatoes

Magnetism

Tobacco and Mortality

Average Income of Man

Railroads

The Mlneraloglst.---The Description and Locality of Every Important Mineral In the United States

City of Nanking

Inventive Genius of America

Preparation of a Solid Varnish for Preserving Iron From Rust

Moss

Longevity

Convict Library

A Curious Discovery

New Steam Boiler Feeder

New Locomotive Engine

Improved Straw Cutter

Self-Acting Brake for Vehicles

New Instrument for Dressing Wounds

Marden's Improved Mode of Hanging Window Shades

Important to Railroad Men

Novel Method of Marine Propulsion

Important Invention in Wool Spinning

New Way of Making Shot

The Potatoe

Quackery

Charcoal for Wounds or to Prevent Contagion in Hospitals

Fire Brick

American Hand Cut Files

Very Important Patent Cases

Our London Patrons

Death of an Ingenious Mechanic

Remington's Bridge

Dyeing Straw

The Cholera

Supplying Albany With Water

Snakes in New Orleans

Precious Metals

List of Patents

An Iron Stomach

New Inventions

Pyramids or Egypt

The Use of Lime in Building

History of the Rotary Engine

The Weather

Leeches

Glass

The Curcullo

Change of Color in Fish

Patent Laws--Action of the Patent Office--Appeals

Marking Sheep

Sleep for Plants

To Preserve Flowers

The Striped Bug

Departments

From the Editor

Correspondents

Letters

The “Ten Hour System”

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